Norovirus epidemiology in Alberta, Canada during July 2022 to March 2025

Kanti Pabbaraju, Alberta Precision Labs

Kanti Pabbaraju1,Kara Gill1 , Anita Wong1, Judy Y. Qiu1,2, Graham Tipples1,3,4, Bonita Lee5, Xiaoli Pang2 1Alberta Precision Laboratory, Public Health Laboratory, Alberta, Canada 2Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada 3Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada 4Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada 5Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, Women and Children’s Health Research Institute, Stollery Children’s Hospital, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Epidemology

Noroviruses (NoV) are etiological agents of acute gastroenteritis (AGE). We report the prevalence and circulating genotypes of NoV in sporadic cases and outbreaks in Alberta, Canada from July 2022 to March 2025. Stools from children